Early Maps

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Early Maps of Newly Discovered Lands


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World Map, Abraham Ortelius, Copper plate engraving, Antwerp, 1570

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Ptolemaic World Map, Hartmann Schedel, Woodcut with hand color, Nuremberg, 1493

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World Map, Hans Hobein and Sebastian Munster, Woodcut, Basel, 1532


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Map of New Lands, Martin Waldeseemuller,Woodcut with hand color, Strasbourg, 1513



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Earliest Separate Map of the Americas, Sebastian Munster, Woodcut, Basel, 1540